Being a Fifth Extract from the Legacy of the late Francis Purcell, P.P. of Drumcoolagh. The following paper is written in a female hand, and was no doubt commun

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 –1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most infl uential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century.

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"The Purcell Papers - Volume II" from Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814-1873).